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Which one causes more problems for you? The inconsistency of your mood or the severity of your mood swings.

For me it is the inconsistency of my moods.

Any thoughts about this? Which causes more problems for you?

I'd have to say hmm...the inconsistency I think. Being totally awake at 3am is a pretty good example of this actually. Boo.

Mostly inconsistency but because well they happen more often(thats irony for you)...the half dozen really, really, really bad depression swings were some of the worse times in my life.

The inconsistency of my mood. Stay strong. Hugs

Well I guess I'm the lone ranger here but the severity bothers me more than the inconsistency. Not that the inconsistency is fun by any means but the change is so drastic and severe I even scare myself sometimes.

I would have to agree that the severity bothers me more as well. I can remember going into a depression for months at a time. I recall my longest span going for about nine months. I only had one manic episode and it only lasted about a month. My depression was much greater and I would lay in bed for months without any energy or motivation to do anything.

Mostly the inconsistency of my moods except for this spring which was the severity.

Severity it is for me. I am barely climbing out of a 29 month long depression.

This is tough. I would have to say inconsistancy. If you asked my wife she would say severity. She would say I have been depressed for 8 months. I would say I haven;t been that bad, cause geez I'm not in the hospital. (funny how your perception changes as the BP gets worse)

Having just lived through a year long severe depression and 2 suicide attempts and now my 15 ECT treatment. I would have to say the severity. But now I am experiencing some mood swings that I am not used to having and that is difficult to deal with too so the inconsistency is a problem. I would have to say the whole thing is a problem currently. Nothing really has evened out. The depression has broken but now I am flipping from a hypomanic state to a depression between treatments. Medication and length of time between treatments haven't been regulated yet. It is all just a big guessing game isn't it.